Grass-hook.



No. 676,7l7. y Patented :une ls, won; w. J. HENRY.

GRASS Hook.

lication filed Aug. 31

(No Model.)

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" Nieren S YVILL'IAMJ. HENRY, OF AUBURN, NEV YORK.

GRASSnHOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming` part 0f Letters Patent No. 676,717', dated .Tune 18, 1901. Application filed August 3l, 1900. Serial No. 28,692. (No model.)

T0 all when@ it may concern:

Bo it known that I, WILLIAM J. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York,have invented certain newr and useful Improvements in Grass-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to grass-hooks; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed. A

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the grass-hook. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line a; in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail plan View of the shank and a portion of the blade. Fig. 4 is a side View of a portion of the handle-bar. Fig. 5 is a cross=section taken on the line y g/ in Fig. 4.

A is the blade, and B is its shank. The blade and its shank are arranged in the same plane and are formed of a flat sheet or plate' of metal stamped or cut to the required form. The cutting edge ct is curved, and it extends for the full length of the blade and its shank. The blade is of any approved form, and it is provided with a downwardly-projecting stiffening-rib d. This rib d extends longitudinally of the blade, at its middle part, from near its point to near its shank, and it is not continued into the shank. ,The rib d is struck up from the blade, so that a groove d is formed in its upper side, and the rib may be either V-shaped or concavo-convex in cross-section. An upwardly -projecting flange 'e extends along the back of the blade from near its point to the end of the shank.

E is the handle, and f is the handle-bar which is secured into the handle. The handle is preferably provided with a spiral groove e to prevent it from slipping when grasped. The angle of the groove e prevents the weight of the overhanging point and middle part of the blade from revolving the handle in the g, and g' is a cranked lip at the en'd of the portion g. The lip g is slipped into engagement with a hole 7L in the shank, and one side of the portion g bears against the flange e. A single bolt i is passed through holes in the portion g and shank B and secures the handle-bar to the blade. The handle-bar is cross'- shaped in section and is formed upon any convenient curves. l

l/Vhat I'claim isl. In a grass-hook, the combination, with a flat blade and a flat shank formed of a single piece of sheet-steel, said shank projecting at an angle from the blade and having a hole h, a cutting edge extending along one side of the blade and shank and an upwardly-projecting flange extending along the other side of the blade and shank; of a handle-bar arranged to bear laterally against the said flange' and provided with a cranked lip which engages with the said hole in the shank, and a fastening device securing the shank to the said handle-bar, substantially as set forth.

2. A blade for a grass-hook formed of a fiat platevof sheet-steel having a hat shank formed integral with it and projecting from it at an angle and in the same plane, said plate havL ing an upwardly-projecting flange at the back of the blade which is curved around and extends along one side of the shank, a cutting edge extending along the blade and the other side of the shank, and a downwardly-projecting hollow rib which extends along the middle part of the blade, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. HENRY.

Witnesses:

JNO. UNDERWOOD, JOHN G. HENRY. 

